From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] fbdev: Make deferred I/O work as advertized Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:37:45 -0700 Message-ID: <20080319113745.d3873de0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <87tzjx6vj3.fsf@pike.pond.sub.org> <87k5kt6vd3.fsf@pike.pond.sub.org> <45a44e480802260611l5a8d0bc9k9cc967bc73b88fac@mail.gmail.com> <871w6z6ajs.fsf@pike.pond.sub.org> <45a44e480802260701o7c616e3bjd5f86f4143be791b@mail.gmail.com> <87iqzjat6e.fsf@pike.pond.sub.org> <45a44e480803190424s51b85efbk39ab3bfce4cb924a@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <45a44e480803190424s51b85efbk39ab3bfce4cb924a@mail.gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Jaya Kumar Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, Markus Armbruster , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.osdl.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, adaplas@pol.net List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:24:25 +0800 "Jaya Kumar" wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 6:45 PM, Markus Armbruster wrote: > > > > Any progress on this? > > > > Considering that fb_defio is utterly broken without the fix (writing > > the frame buffer makes the VM endlessly invoke vm_ops.page_mkwrite()), > > wouldn't it make sense to merge the fix even if it still has issues? > > > > Yes, Andrew has merged the fix into -mm. I see it in mmotm > > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fbdev-defio-and-metronomefb-v4.patch > Do we need some of all of that patch in 2.6.25? I wasn't aware of such a need. If the drivers/video/fb_defio.c hunk of that patch fixes something then I'd be inclined to merge the whole thing - adding a new driver won't hurt anyone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/